Ryan Duffy (journalist)
Ryan Duffy is a journalist and correspondent best known for his work with VICE Media, including accompanying Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters on a visit to North Korea in 2013. Duffy began his career at Vice as an intern while studying journalism at New York University.[1][2] In 2012, Duffy appeared on Forbes' 30 under 30 list.[3] In 2015,he started a series of short documentary reports with The Huffington Post titled Now What with Ryan Duffy.
North Korea trip
In 2013, as a Vice journalist Duffy accompanied Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters on a visit to North Korea, a move which garnered criticism from the diplomatic community and the journalistic world.[4] Along with Rodman and the Globetrotters, Duffy competed in a basketball exhibition game against the North Korean national team.[5]
After meeting supreme leader Kim Jong-un, Duffy observed that "the leader was 'socially awkward' and didn't make eye contact when shaking hands".[6] However, Duffy also praised Kim's dinner as an "epic feast", with sushi and smoked turkey.[7]
Vice Sports
In 2014, Vice launched Vice Sports with Duffy as publisher, but Duffy left the project as it debuted.[8][9] Duffy had also been slated to host the channel's Vice World of Sports docuseries.[10]
Now What with Ryan Duffy
In 2015, as part of a slate of 12 new shows, the The Huffington Post launched the docuseries Now What with Ryan Duffy in October; site founder Arianna Huffington cited the riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray as an example of the kinds of solution-based situations Duffy's program would address, criticizing existing coverage as creating "copycat crimes instead of copycat solutions."[11]
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